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It once seemed like this nba record might never be broken.

alphasigko said:
Not sure anyone will ever break Wilt's single game scoring record of 100 pts on March 2, 1962. Although Kobe came closest at 81 on January 22, 2006!
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Or his record for rebounds in one game:

On November 24, 1960, Philadelphia Warrior Wilt Chamberlain snags 55 rebounds in a game against the Boston Celtics and sets an NBA record for the most rebounds in a single game.
 
How big was the average NBA player when Wilt was dropping 100 points or grabbing 55 boards? There are just too many athletes in the game today to allow one dude to dominate like that.
 
alphasigko said:
Not sure anyone will ever break Wilt's single game scoring record of 100 pts on March 2, 1962. Although Kobe came closest at 81 on January 22, 2006!
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Even more impressive may have been Kobe's 62 in 32 minutes against the Mavs the year before. Kobe sat the entire 4th quarter and was outscoring the Mavs through 3.
 
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Tampahusky said:
It’s a different game now tilted to offenses. Won’t be surprised Luka breaks a lot of records just bc he has the ball all the time.
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Agreed. There is almost no chance this record lasts 15 years. A lot of guys are going to break it.
 
Tampahusky said:
You have guys getting 60 point triple doubles or triple doubles with 20 assists even teams losing by double digits after scoring 140 pts.... game is soft today and unwatchable
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Much more talent today.

The NBA from 1990 until the mid-2000s was unwatchable. Today’s NBA is only unwatchable to cranks.

Luka Doncic’s not good because the NBA favors offenses. He’s good because his skill level is SICK.
 
nomar said:
Much more talent today.

The NBA from 1990 until the mid-2000s was unwatchable. Today’s NBA is only unwatchable to cranks.

Luka Doncic’s not good because the NBA favors offenses. He’s good because his skill level is SICK
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No defense in the paint . Everyone jacks up 3s like they’re going out of style. Robin Lopez even shoots about 5 a game (the bad Lopez brother) Btw that time period you mentioned had probably the best players ever. Magic, MJ, Kobe, Shaq, Dirk , Duncan
 
nomar said:
Much more talent today.

The NBA from 1990 until the mid-2000s was unwatchable. Today’s NBA is only unwatchable to cranks.

Luka Doncic’s not good because the NBA favors offenses. He’s good because his skill level is SICK.
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Really? Maybe it’s because I grew up with that NBA that I never looked at it that way. I could see throughout the rosters but the stars were definitely stars in my book.
 
bfs3 said:
Really? Maybe it’s because I grew up with that NBA that I never looked at it that way. I could see throughout the rosters but the stars were definitely stars in my book.
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Knicks-Heat was the low point of the sport.

Of course there were plenty of stars in those days, but the talent/skill level was way worse. Everybody can handle and shoot now.
 
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nomar said:
Knicks-Heat was the low point of the sport.

Of course there were plenty of stars in those days, but the talent/skill level was way worse. Everybody can handle and shoot now.
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Talent does not equal how great of a player you are. Anthony Davis probably most talented player today but won’t even close in comparison to Duncan, KG , Dirk. Today’s game is suffering for a lot of reasons and one of them is style of play. Ratings show it!
 
nomar said:
Much more talent today.

The NBA from 1990 until the mid-2000s was unwatchable. Today’s NBA is only unwatchable to cranks.

Luka Doncic’s not good because the NBA favors offenses. He’s good because his skill level is SICK.
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Horribly ignorant take.

The 90's with the Jordan Bulls, Stockton/Malone Jazz and even the Blazers were great hoops.

The Shaq and Kobe Lakers were must watch Hoops too.

2000-2010 NBA was unwatchable.

Steph, KD, Luka and a few others are making it interesting again.

Westbrook and Harden NBA is trash.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Horribly ignorant take.

The 90's with the Jordan Bulls, Stockton/Malone Jazz and even the Blazers were great hoops.

The Shaq and Kobe Lakers were must watch Hoops too.

2000-2010 NBA was unwatchable.

Steph, KD, Luka and a few others are making it interesting again.

Westbrook and Harden NBA is trash.
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I can’t even watch it today. People take 3’s on way too many possessions, it’s really only fun to see Steph hit 30’ bombs.

I have no interest watching Tatum, Porzingis, and especially Westbrook launch 3’s and steal rebounds.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
How big was the average NBA player when Wilt was dropping 100 points or grabbing 55 boards? There are just too many athletes in the game today to allow one dude to dominate like that.
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Chamberlain was a freak athlete and would have probably been dominant in any era.

Here are a few things about him:

How Wilt Changed the Game​

In 1955, Wilt scored 100 points in a game at Hershey, Pennsylvania. That game proved one thing to the NBA braintrust, that they can't let one man dominate a game inside the way Wilt Chamberlain had been doing. The NBA needed to make it fair for the other players who didn't have the athletic skills and size.

Rules Changes​

  • The lane was widened from 6 to 12 feet to make it more difficult for players such as Wilt to post up and receive a lob pass for an easy two points.
  • The NBA initiated offensive goaltending, in which players couldn't touch the ball going in a downward trajectory toward the hoop or flick the ball away when it was within the cylinder of the basket.
  • Rulemakers also banned the practice of lobbing the ball in from the baseline directly over the backboard so a player like Chamberlain couldn't catch it near the basket in position for an easy score.
There is no doubt that Wilt was one of the greatest players ever to play the game of basketball. He was the only player the rules of the game were changed for. His dominance of his sport was overwhelming.
— Jerry West, from "Wilt: Larger than Life"
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Where it all began for Wilt: Overbrook High School at 59th and Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia. He was a legend when he played and still a legend today.


Where it all began for Wilt: Overbrook High School at 59th and Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia. He was a legend when he played and still a legend today.

Records, Records, and More Records​

Wilt Chamberlain had held 72 NBA records, according to NBA.com. Just to name a few:
  • Most seasons leading the league in minutes: 8
  • Most points in a game: 100
  • Highest scoring average in a season: 50.4
  • Most seasons leading the league in field goal percentage: 9
  • Highest average in rebounds over a career: 22.9
  • Most free throws made in a game: 28 (and he was an awful free throw shooter)
  • Never was disqualified from an NBA game
  • Most completed games in a season: 79
Once Wilt got upset with me and dunked the ball so hard it went through the rim with such force that it broke my toe as it hit the floor.
— Johnny Kerr, from "25 Things You Didn't Know About Wilt Chamberlain"
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More Reasons Wilt Was the Greatest Athlete Ever​

Wilt wasn't just a basketball player. There wasn't anything he couldn't do in sports.

Track and Field​

At Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia, he was an avid track and field star: He high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches; ran the 440 yards in 49.0 seconds and the 880 yards in 1:58.3; propelled the shot put 53 feet, 4 inches; and broad jumped 22 feet.
In college at the University of Kansas, the 7'1" goliath ran a sub-11-second 100-yard dash and also threw the shot put 56 feet. Despite competing and excelling in both sprinting and throwing, these were not his best events. Chamberlain triple jumped more than 50 feet and successfully won the Big 8 Conference high jumping competition three years in a row

Volleyball​

After his basketball career ended, Chamberlain played volleyball in the short-lived International Volleyball Association, was president of this organization, and is enshrined in the IVA Hall of Fame for his contributions.

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dennismenace said:
Chamberlain was a freak athlete and would have probably been dominant in any era.

Here are a few things about him:

How Wilt Changed the Game​

In 1955, Wilt scored 100 points in a game at Hershey, Pennsylvania. That game proved one thing to the NBA braintrust, that they can't let one man dominate a game inside the way Wilt Chamberlain had been doing. The NBA needed to make it fair for the other players who didn't have the athletic skills and size.

Rules Changes​

  • The lane was widened from 6 to 12 feet to make it more difficult for players such as Wilt to post up and receive a lob pass for an easy two points.
  • The NBA initiated offensive goaltending, in which players couldn't touch the ball going in a downward trajectory toward the hoop or flick the ball away when it was within the cylinder of the basket.
  • Rulemakers also banned the practice of lobbing the ball in from the baseline directly over the backboard so a player like Chamberlain couldn't catch it near the basket in position for an easy score.

Where it all began for Wilt: Overbrook High School at 59th and Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia. He was a legend when he played and still a legend today.


Where it all began for Wilt: Overbrook High School at 59th and Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia. He was a legend when he played and still a legend today.

Records, Records, and More Records​

Wilt Chamberlain had held 72 NBA records, according to NBA.com. Just to name a few:
  • Most seasons leading the league in minutes: 8
  • Most points in a game: 100
  • Highest scoring average in a season: 50.4
  • Most seasons leading the league in field goal percentage: 9
  • Highest average in rebounds over a career: 22.9
  • Most free throws made in a game: 28 (and he was an awful free throw shooter)
  • Never was disqualified from an NBA game
  • Most completed games in a season: 79

More Reasons Wilt Was the Greatest Athlete Ever​

Wilt wasn't just a basketball player. There wasn't anything he couldn't do in sports.

Track and Field​

At Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia, he was an avid track and field star: He high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches; ran the 440 yards in 49.0 seconds and the 880 yards in 1:58.3; propelled the shot put 53 feet, 4 inches; and broad jumped 22 feet.
In college at the University of Kansas, the 7'1" goliath ran a sub-11-second 100-yard dash and also threw the shot put 56 feet. Despite competing and excelling in both sprinting and throwing, these were not his best events. Chamberlain triple jumped more than 50 feet and successfully won the Big 8 Conference high jumping competition three years in a row

Volleyball​

After his basketball career ended, Chamberlain played volleyball in the short-lived International Volleyball Association, was president of this organization, and is enshrined in the IVA Hall of Fame for his contributions.

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He’d be Serge Ibaka today
 
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Tampahusky said:
Talent does not equal how great of a player you are. Anthony Davis probably most talented player today but won’t even close in comparison to Duncan, KG , Dirk. Today’s game is suffering for a lot of reasons and one of them is style of play. Ratings show it!
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This is some crank logic here.
 
Although I kind of like the old Knicks bully ball style of play, there is no question that the game flows better today and that is one reason for some of the crazy numbers yet the skill levels are also insane. The idea of a 3 point step back 10 years ago would have driven coaches crazy. Now, every team has a high usage and fairly efficient player who can jack up threes from virtually anywhere whether on step backs, side steps or with someone right in their face.
 
nomar said:
Knicks-Heat was the low point of the sport.

Of course there were plenty of stars in those days, but the talent/skill level was way worse. Everybody can handle and shoot now.
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Nah, that was several playoff series in the early and mid aughts. People like to crap on the 90s (mainly people who were too young to have seen it live), but 99-08 was when the NBA was truly a bad entertainment product.
 
nomar said:
Luka Doncic’s not good because the NBA favors offenses. He’s good because his skill level is SICK.
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Luka himself has talked repeatedly about how much easier it is to score in the NBA than EuroLeague because the league favors the offense lol. But yes, he is very talented and a fun player to watch. Glad he's lived up to the hype, he just needs to cut down on his whining.
 
nomar said:
Much more talent today.

The NBA from 1990 until the mid-2000s was unwatchable. Today’s NBA is only unwatchable to cranks.

Luka Doncic’s not good because the NBA favors offenses. He’s good because his skill level is SICK.
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Chin Diesel said:
Horribly ignorant take.

The 90's with the Jordan Bulls, Stockton/Malone Jazz and even the Blazers were great hoops.

The Shaq and Kobe Lakers were must watch Hoops too.

2000-2010 NBA was unwatchable.

Steph, KD, Luka and a few others are making it interesting again.

Westbrook and Harden NBA is trash.
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Not sure how a difference in opinion is “ignorant.” You’re a hostage to nostalgia.

Jordan was Jordan and I’m glad I watched him in his prime but overall the talent and competition were not great compared to recent years. I referred to a long period so obviously some years were better than others but I don’t miss the iso offense.
 
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ClifSpliffy said:
cuzzin vinny! omg, now thats funny. true, too.
let's hear from the folks, shall we?
'That means the NBA is headed for an even worse overall season when it comes to TV ratings than the disastrous 2019-20 campaign.'
NBA TV Ratings Continue To Tank | The Daily Caller 5/11/21.
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All you ever care about is ratings. It’s weird. You obsessed over how many people liked a 50 Cent Instagram post.

You do realize there are more things to watch these days, right?
 
nomar said:
All you ever care about is ratings. It’s weird. You obsessed over how many people liked a 50 Cent Instagram post.

You do realize there are more things to watch these days, right?
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y u yellin at me? go spread ur gospel of nba wonderfulness to the nation, if they'll listen, but i doubt it. it's boring, lost in a false sense of importance, and, er, umm... did i say it's boring? but hey, i get it. the knicks! the garden! it's where it's at! not.
sooooo yesteryear. popularity is a real thing, ya know, and nba ball ain't it. how many years have i been pointing this out here? bbut crooklyn, it's how it be! only in the movies and on sportscenter, jack. only there.
the current nba has only one business model, to lecture us to death, and to be china shoe whores, sans fun and competition. i play hoops, and in the last say, 1/2 dozen or so years, nba talk by others on the court has almost disappeared. no more 'im watching the warriors tonite, or 'x' messed up 'y' yesterday, or the nuggs will be a tough out,' or such. zero. nada.
 
ClifSpliffy said:
y u yellin at me? go spread ur gospel of nba wonderfulness to the nation, if they'll listen, but i doubt it. it's boring, lost in a false sense of importance, and, er, umm... did i say it's boring? but hey, i get it. the knicks! the garden! it's where it's at! not.
sooooo yesteryear. popularity is a real thing, ya know, and nba ball ain't it. how many years have i been pointing this out here? bbut crooklyn, it's how it be! only in the movies and on sportscenter, jack. only there.
the current nba has only one business model, to lecture us to death, and to be china shoe whores, sans fun and competition. i play hoops, and in the last say, 1/2 dozen or so years, nba talk by others on the court has almost disappeared. no more 'im watching the warriors tonite, or 'x' messed up 'y' yesterday, or the nuggs will be a tough out,' or such. zero. nada.
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Like I said, more options. You think 120 million people would watch the M*A*S*H finale in 2021? I used to watch boring NBA games on weekends because it was the only thing on. (Same reason I used to watch the Colts beat the Pats 9-6 on Channel 30.) Now I can stream any show that ever existed.

In my world, lots of people are interested in watching 6'10" guys break ankles and hit 30-footers.

So you've got an apples-to-oranges comparison and an anecdote.
 
Julius Randle just became the sixth player in NBA history to average 24/10/6 .... just shows you how easy to it is to get stats in today’s game.
 
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